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Mattapoisett board pushes for town seal that's politically -- and
historically -- correct

August 22, 2007 6:00 AM

MATTAPOISETT — The Indian's headdress is wrong. The boat looks like Noah's
Ark. And where are the mountains in Mattapoisett?

Mattapoisett's town seal is one of disapproval.

When Town Meeting voted to create the seal in 1901, little did town fathers
realize more than 100 years later it wouldn't pass an accuracy test.

The seal's shortcomings came up in the wake of town's sesquicentennial
celebration.

Selectmen took a look at it recently and decided they want a new one,
however, that requires Town Meeting approval.